We haven’t even had a wave; all we’ve had is a ripple," Southern District Health Board chief medical officer Nigel Millar said yesterday. WellSouth medical director Stephen Graham tests Southern District Health Board medical officer of health Susan Jack for Covid-19. "If all GPs were doing plenty of tests every day, we would have a good spread across our district." Continued low test numbers meant there was a real risk doctors might miss a community outbreak of Covid-19, Dr Millar said. Dr Graham said any cold-like symptom had the potential to be Covid-19 and such patients should agree to testing to help protect the community.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 28, 2020 16:33 UTC